Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-05-28
TER NS-S2. 90 PER YEAR
HERE AND TfsGRE

There are in California 400 wine growers
sud 10000 acres of vines, which furnish en'-
ployment to over 1000 persons.
Arthur Hare. - tiplcr.cr. C,nlda, rnioys
the distinction OF being the oldest man in the
Dominion, being just LOB years old.
Rev. A. ". Lamar, formerly Of Memphis.
Tenn, assumed charge as pastor Of the First
Baptist church Of Omaha on the 10th inst.
A bill recently introduced in the New York
legislature provides for the Incorporation OF a
geological garden in the city of New York.
At . sumptuous dinner the plate cards
were souvenirs in the form of silver card
cases. each containing the name of the guest.
Two coius-oac a dollar bearing the date
1894 and the other cent piece dated lS03-
were sold for s325 in Albany, y. Y, day %
two ago.
In front OF q grocery store in Blocker
street New York city, is sign on basket OF
eggs which reads as follows: Fresh eggs
guaranteed. Every egg dsied.''
Apple trees In . number of orchards In
Niagara county, New iorS are being badly
damaged by bark lousc w.hsh bores holes
in the inner bark and kills the s6rub.
In Idaho it Is said that mDre extensive irri-
gatiou schemes are on foot this yeSr than
ever before in the history Of the territory, and
with better prospect of being carried out.
Il will live to dance iiy on your grave"
was the threa, used bY one Vermont man to
. another, and il was Construed as a threat "to
do great bodily harm" aud he was held 10
the courts.
A Washiputnn -rDnJaut that IN IA
now considered good form TO have SER
want haud around at srecsption, or when la
dies call, silver waiter % which arc boxes
{ OF French candy.
/ In Charlestown. ". Va. where the people
/ vo'el flr prohibition, not only il more liquor
/ sold now than was before, but one half more
! United States licences have hccn issued than
there were before prohibition was adopted.
/ A Chnsmsn has discovered that cast of
| horscshocs make good cutters steel The
| wrought iron Of the shoes having been constant
/ ly hammered OH the roads, acquires hardness
I and the animal heat from the hoof has some-
thing to do with it,
The Massachusetts, board Of health recently
anay2ed number of temperance drinks
| and discovered that not one of theu was free
from alcohol. One contained 44.3 Of the To-
! toxicant, several 40 per cent, and the d<hers
more than 20 per cent.
| Wire-cutters have again resumed opera
| tlons in vraious parts Of Texas. Near Blum.
Saturday night, several miles Of wire were
cut up and carried away by the mlscreauts,
who did their work so well that ii Is impossi-
BILE 70 discover their identity.
The confederate veterans are considering
the proposition 10 change the date of their
memorial DAY from April aG to May 10, the
| northern Decoration Day. Gov. Fitzhugh
Lee, Of Virginia, recommends the change.
because May 81 is national holiday.
In New York city 1t is not the proper thing
to part the tails of your dress coat when YOU
sit down. An observing young man recently
saw the prince of Wales, while holding .
cane and bouquet in one hand and his hat
in the other, sit down without looking after
his coat tails, hence the fashion.
Twenty-Five years ago." says Tn; LeTistos
(Me.) Journal, ALBERT Ellis, of Wlnslow,
filed a clay pipe for a good smoke. He used
only half OF its contents, for On the next
day he went to war. He survived and came
home, but did not finish that smoke until
few days ago, when he happened TO find the
old pipe partly empty, just as he bad left II.
A recent issue of The Arizona Horer COZ
tsins the following editorial paragraph; ''At-
! tenton is called to the fact that In the news
columns OF this mornings Ho.cler there appears
the first and only account Of the elopement Of
our wife with Thumbless Billy the monte
sharp. which occurred yesterday. Thus we
score another one A our dead contemporary
across the street, Sock for some spicy inside
DEVELOPMENTS to be published exclusively IN
this paper to morrow morning.
The following interesting item appears in
recent issue Of The NashUilie Union: Our Pu-
laski correspondent in this mornings special
gives an account OF the narrow escape OF Laps
McCord from drowning This is the first time
We ever heard OF Laps being In such close
proximity to water, and we will wager gin
ger cake now that he didn't know what II
was, and had no idea what effect 1t would
have on him. We are sorry, because we are
satisfied Laps will never have anything more
TO do with water as long as he lives
Orange hash'' is the name OF lately-lp-
vented fruit dish now popular in Charleston,
s. c. "0range bash" is made OF that fruit;
also bananas, lemons, apples, raisins and pine
apples. cut into little bits and served with
sugar and nutmeg The manner of its serving
| Is as peculiar as the dish itself. A hole Is cut
in sn orange large enough 10 admit
spoon, and after the inside has been >scrapsd
out the orange is filed with the hash and a :
little champagne or other wine-just enough
to ill In the chinks-snd the whole Is frozen.
The police department Of New York Is not
prejudiced evidently In the matter OF selec
tions for 'the finest" Thirty additions TO
the ranks were made recently on probation.
Four OF the number were machinists four
were clerks, ten we're conductors or drivers Of
! cars or trucks, three were teamsters, two were
blscksmiths, two were agents, one printer,
one butcher, one rigger, one wstchman,
one a newsman, one q gateman. one q book
keeper, one an undertaken, one fireman, one
a milkman, one a cutter, and one stair
! builder
The alumni Of the University OF Paris num-
bered nearly l1,0JJ last year. or these no
I fewer than 3, 7s6 were studying for the legal
/ profession, while 1886 we're attending the
course in the school OF medicine. Pharmsey
: engaged the attention Of l.761 students, let
tiers Of 92s, and science Of 461. The faculty OF
/ theology is very far from being as dourlshine
! as il was In the davs OF Abelsrj, only 35 Young
men having attended the lectures In this de-
nartrnant In he fapala sfudanfs mum